Somehow, two months have gone by, and so Pre-Service Training is over. Tomorrow we leave Tek Phos and the other two training villages permanently and go to the hub site for a few days of seminars, and then we swear in. And then the next day we go directly to our sites. It's been quite an eventful two months to say the least.
It's been a really long two months, too. In some ways I can't believe that training is over already, but then when I think back to events like the Kampuchea Adventure (X-TREME!!!) or even the site visit, they seem like quite a long time ago. I can barely remember the first few weeks we were here; it's ancient history.
I am ready for training to be over, and I am ready to leave Tek Phos. This place has been really great for training, and my host family in particular have made things so much easier. I'm really looking forward to coming back in a year and talking to them when my Khmer is good enough to carry on more than just a few sentences of conversation. I'm thinking in six months to a year I'll come back here.
I especially want to come back and finally be able to ask all the questions that are a bit too embarrassing to ask now, such as finally figuring out what it is my host dad does for a job. Or finally nailing down just how many host siblings I actually have. For the first week or so I thought I had four, but two of them have never been seen again or even mentioned to me. So these are some of the questions I would like cleared up. And I would like to adequately express my thanks to my host family. And learn their names.
I also need to go around and actually get pictures of everything. I don't think I've taken a single picture since I got back from Tonle' Bati. Actually gettiing pictures online is pretty tricky, and I probably won't be able to get any pictures I take today up for another few months, so I usually don't carry my camera with me. But today I am going to make myself go around and take pictures of Tek Phos. So at least I'll have something to remind me about this place that has been my home for the last two months and will always have a fond place in my memory.
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